Food Beverage Sustainability Senior Account Manager (Sr. Strategist)
Quantis, United States
Job Description
Title: Food amp; Beverage Senior Sustainability Strategist (Senior Account Manager)
Location: Remote
As a Food amp; Beverage Senior Sustainability Account Manager (Senior Strategist), you will lead the development and oversee the delivery of winning sustainability strategies for our Food amp; Beverage clients in the US, and contribute to the expansion of Quantis’ strategic solutions. This role is a blend of account management, sales, relationship management, strategy creation, and tactical implementation. This role reports to the US Food amp; Beverage Sector Lead and related US Branch tasks with achieving business development goals. This is a remote position able to work out of most states in the USA.
Why you’ll love Quantis
Quantis is a leading sustainability consultancy pioneering approaches to solve critical environmental challenges. For nearly two decades, our dynamic and visionary team of talent has partnered with leading organizations across the globe to transform their industries and pave the way for a planetary economy that aligns business with nature business at its best.
We believe that sustainable transformation is possible and within our power. We’re contributing to this transformation by combining the latest environmental science with strategic business insights. Our counsel and guidance enables global leaders in the consumer goods and finance industries to understand how to reduce their environmental impacts, implement the changes and operate within planetary boundaries.
Motivated by this common purpose, our 300+ talented professionals cultivate a unique, collaborative culture that we call the Quantis Spirit. We are innovative. We are impact-oriented. We are science-based. We are Quantis.
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Does this describe you and your next role?
· You’re motivated to put your creativity, strategy development, client relationship development and consulting skills to work towards our mission of aligning business with Planetary Boundaries and building a sustainable future.
· You’re an experienced and motivated account manager or seasoned consultant in the food and beverage sector (or similar sector) looking for an opportunity to work with top sustainability leaders and experts.
· You have 8+ years of business development and sales experience primarily focusing on growing key accounts and executing sales initiatives to bring on new clients in collaboration with sales enablement support.
· You're eager for a fast-paced and diverse role: Developing and implementing sustainability strategies for our key clients, leading account relationships with some of the worlds most influential companies, mentoring other team members on strategy skills, and helping to design the next generation of winning services and solutions.
· You have an understanding of business strategy and/or strategy consulting, complemented with expertise in the corporate sustainability space. You are motivated by the challenges of transforming the world’s largest companies into more sustainable businesses.
· You’re a proactive team player that works quickly, independently and on schedule. Your analytical and organizational skills are top-notch. You communicate effectively and efficiently, both verbally and in writing. You’re experienced at, and passionate, about supporting the growth and development of your colleagues.
· For 5-10 years, you’ve had exposure to and interest in corporate sustainability. You have a successful track record in building and deploying strategies for internal or external clients. You have the ability to anticipate client needs and proactively offer solutions to help the client along their sustainability journey.
· You have an entrepreneurial spirit to be part of a team finding new solutions using this expertise to change the world. You’re highly motivated by the challenges of guiding global companies on a sustainable change pathway, adapting your strategy expertise to new challenges and innovating new paths to success.
As a Food amp; Beverage Senior Strategist at Quantis in the US, here’s a preview of what type of work your days will include:
Client consulting sustainability strategy responsibilities:
· Account Management: Lead and grow key stakeholder relationships, while accelerating the transformation of the clients toward sustainability.
· Sales amp; Business Development: Lead sales processes and business development conversations
· Strategy amp; Solutions Creation: Lead the implementation of sustainability strategy projects, working with senior sustainability leaders, internally and externally, to develop sustainability strategies, managing their implementation and change pathway.
· Strategic Implementation: Support the shaping and delivery of all Quantis solutions around the strategy, bringing in our expertise on science, metrics, tools, communications and more.
· Training